{"id":169915,"date":"2021-11-18T15:22:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T09:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.www.bullfrag.com\/the-government-releases-a-video-to-promote-nutriscore-that-clearly-explains-why-it-will-never-serve-to-eat-better\/"},"modified":"2021-12-30T21:00:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T15:30:43","slug":"the-government-releases-a-video-to-promote-nutriscore-that-clearly-explains-why-it-will-never-serve-to-eat-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bullfrag.com\/the-government-releases-a-video-to-promote-nutriscore-that-clearly-explains-why-it-will-never-serve-to-eat-better\/","title":{"rendered":"The Government releases a video to promote Nutriscore that clearly explains why it will never serve to eat better"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Nutriscore front labeling has been one of the great bets of the Ministry of Consumption, which leads Alberto Garzon<\/strong>, for this legislature. And it remains one of the most controversial.<\/p>\n

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The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition<\/strong> (Aesan), dependent on Consumption, has launched a campaign to promote the use of Nutriscore and explain to the public how it should be interpreted. The materials are pristine in terms of the advantages and disadvantages of Nutriscore and, therefore, make it clear why this front labeling it will never work<\/strong> to improve food choices.<\/p>\n

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In the campaign video we see a reporter ask different consumers which foods they would choose, being guided by the Nutriscore system. The reporter repeats all the time that the labeling it only serves to compare foods from the same category<\/strong> \u2013A mantra repeated by all the promoters of the system. When a girl is asked if a banana or cookies labeled A is healthier, she says that, of course, “a banana is a banana.” And a lady says convinced that olive oil is good<\/strong> although it bears a C “orange” note and is better than a sugar-free soft drink, which carries a B “green” note.<\/p>\n

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Without going to assess the interpretation of the actors, there is no one who believes that this would happen<\/strong> if a real reporter asked real consumers the same questions, and makes clear the immense failure of the Nutriscore system: you can say a thousand times that you cannot equate oil with a soft drink, but if you put a C in the first and a B in the second is exactly what you are doing. <\/p>\n

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As the video recognizes, we cannot trust the traffic light that is telling us with colors that it is good or bad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It makes no sense to promote a measure to simplify food choices<\/strong> that only complicates these. As the Government itself recognizes in this video, to use Nutriscore correctly we must identify for ourselves what the different categories of food are and what use we are going to give them. Definitely, we can’t trust the traffic light<\/strong> which is telling us with colors that it is good or bad. Only now we will have a label on all foods that says exactly this: bad oil, good soda.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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As a good part of nutritionists have been warning for five years – also very opposed about the convenience of this labeling – Nutriscore allows foods that are not so healthy to pass as healthy<\/strong>, while condemning others who are. <\/p>\n

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